Support
your local Christmas Events
Businesses
have the chance to double their money if they make a donation towards the cost
of Christmas events in Collier Row, Hornchurch or Rainham through Spacehive.
With
match-funding from corporate donations available through Spacehive every £1
donated could be worth £2 towards the cost of achieving your goal.
The
three Havering schemes currently on the site are Collier Row's Frozen
Christmas, Hornchurch
Christmas Cracker, and Rainham Christmas Event.
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Help your staff stop smoking
To celebrate Stoptober, the national campaign to help smokers
quit smoking, Havering Council, in partnership with QUIT, is offering local businesses the opportunity to have a free Thinking of Quitting event on their
premises at a date and time to suit them during October.
This initiative could provide you with a healthier workforce and
also save your company money in terms of less absenteeism.
The event will be run by QUIT, the UK non-smoking charity based in
London. Two QUIT counsellors will visit your premises for about four hours,
usually 10am until 2pm (although hours are flexible to suit your needs).
If you have 10 or more smokers who would like stop, QUIT can offer a six-week stop smoking group on your premises.
For more information email Charlotte
Haynes.
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Age
restricted sales – training for staff
Havering
Council is running two half-day courses for managers and staff involved in
selling alcohol or tobacco to make sure they are aware of the latest
legislation.
The
first course is on Thursday 4 December 2014 with another course on Thursday 15
January 2015. Both courses run from 10am until 12.45pm and are limited to 15
people.
Email
Sasha Taylor for more
details.
Attract
more customers through Havering Green Points
One
in four Havering households are signed up to London
Green Points Havering and receive
discounts at local businesses – that means a potential 25,000 local customers could
be attracted to shop with you.
More than 100 local businesses are already benefitting from the
scheme through free advertising and exposure to Havering residents online and
through monthly e-newsletters. They are also included on a mobile phone app giving
directions to your business.
Find out how
your business can join the scheme here or email for more information.
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 £5,000 for new ideas
Havering businesses can get
£5,000 from the Government to help develop new business ideas and processes.
The Innovation
Voucher Scheme is accepting applications until Wednesday 22 October 2014.
The £5,000 voucher can be
used to develop new or improved products, processes and services;
to improve business ideas; or to manage a company's Intellectual Property.
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 Banking protocol expands to Post Offices
Havering’s Banking Protocol is expanding with 24 Post Offices in the Borough signing up for the scheme,
which already has 33 bank branches involved.
Email for more information.
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Connected Cities Innovation
Contest
The Technology Strategy
Board has announced that it is offering six businesses up to £35,000 each to
encourage innovation around the themes of digitally connected buildings,
communities, environment and services.
The Connected
Cities Innovation Contest (UK) is looking for proposals from start-ups and SMEs with innovative
digital ideas relevant to ‘connected cities' that have a potential appeal to a
wide commercial market.
The closing date for applications
is noon on Tuesday 14 October 2014.
£3,000 for better broadband
Havering’s small businesses
can get up to £3,000 to help them improve their broadband connections.
Havering Council is encouraging business
owners to apply for the scheme, which is funded from the Government’s £150million “Super Connected Cities” programme.
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 Now open in town
Havering is proving an attractive place for new businesses which bring with them jobs for local people.
Among those firms which have recently invested in Havering is Tick Tock, a watch and clock shop, which has opened at Romford Shopping Hall while Barr Professionals have taken office space at the same location.
Three firms have moved into the
CEME Centre in Rainham this month. New tenants are Business Impact UK and
Mesh-Net Limited while Arrow Leasehold
Management Ltd moved back into the Centre.
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Management buy-out
A management buy-out has taken place at Romford-based Coborn
Engineering Group, which supplies machines
for the diamond tooling industry.
The managing director wants to see Havering as a centre of excellence for the diamond tooling industry, both in
training and business.
The combined Coborn Group
has approximately 75 employees and an annual turnover of more than £10m.
Haslers
Corporate Finance (HCF) advised the
management of Trochilics and Coborn Engineering Company Ltd during the buy-out.
Pictured: Coborn Engineering Steve Westlake with Secretary of State for Business and Innovation, Vince Cable, at a Coborn Engineering Group client in China.
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 Safer Lorries Consultation
The Mayor of London has asked Transport for London (TfL) to look at ways to make lorries
safer. This will in turn help to address safety for cyclists and
pedestrians.
The consultation runs until Monday 22 September and more details are available here.
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 Shop local schemes going well
Havering Council’s shop local campaign, which launched last month involving 170 local retailers – 70 in
Collier Row and 100 in Elm Park.- is going well.
Free re-useable bags, pens, notepads and a
pocket sized shop directory which includes a map and information about each
town is available from participating retailers.
This is part of Havering Council's commitment to supporting businesses in the Borough.
Check here for more
information on Havering's town centres.
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Employing Army Reservists
Havering businesses are being encouraged to support staff who wish to become Army Reservists, which also brings benefits for employers.
Download Your
guide to employing Reservists for some useful employer facts and
information on the Reserve Forces.
Find out more
here
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